Aids Quilt To Be Shown

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November 19, 1993|Staff reports

The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt will be displayed at the Harold and Sylvia Kaplan Jewish Community Center near West Palm Beach from Dec. 1 through 5, the Comprehensive AIDS Program of Palm Beach County has announced.

The exhibit will be free and open to the public. Opening ceremonies are scheduled for 7 to 10 p.m. on Dec. 1. Public viewing will be from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Dec. 2; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 3; 2 to 10 p.m. on Dec. 4; and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 5. Closing ceremonies will be from 5 to 6 p.m. on Dec. 5.

Designed to honor each life lost to AIDS, more than 800 panels will be exhibited at the center, which is at 3151 N. Military Trail between Okeechobee Boulevard and 45th Street. For more information, call the Comprehensive AIDS Program at (407) 687-3400.